Just wondering where does google get a site’s description text or snippet that is shown in search results.
I just looked at my blog and it’s coming from the first paragraph of the first post it can see. It looks like it may be using the first piece of meaningful content it can see.
You can give more detailed information to Google by using “sitemap.xml”.
[https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/156184?hl=en][1]
HTH,
[1]: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/156184?hl=en
Google use a number of sources:
Google’s generation of page titles and descriptions (or “snippets”) is completely automated and takes into account both the content of a page as well as references to it that appear on the web. The goal of the snippet and title is to best represent and describe each result and explain how it relates to the user’s query.
We use a number of different sources for this information, including descriptive information in the title and meta tags for each page. We may also use publicly available information—for instance, anchor text or listings from the Open Directory Project (DMOZ)—or create rich snippets based on markup on the page.
More information in this article: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35624?hl=en
Thanks guys